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Several foreign institutions and universities having campuses in India have been issued notices by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE). Read the rest of this entry »

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The AICTE has received around 2100 applications for establishment of new institutions and around 10000 applications from existing institutions seeking various kind of approval.
This has been informed during a function in Delhi. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development laid the foundation stone of the head office building of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), here, today. The building is to be constructed by the Defense Research Development Organisation. (DRDO). Sibal stated that the future of the country depends on the quality of the education our youth get. In this regard., the AICTE has a very important role as it oversees the quality in technical education in the country. He also said that to achieve the figure of Gross Enrolment Ratio of 30 per cent by 2020, much will depend on how technical education in the country would evolve. He also called upon technical education to look at building of huge capacities to cater to the expected level of demand.
Secretary, Higher Education, Vibha Puri Dass said that AICTE has moved to a transparent regime of oversight and regulation.

Professors of prestigious JNU, National Institute of Technology (Kurukshtra), top official of AICTE and some other teachers and officers have been booked by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the conspiracy, educational fraud and abusing their position as public servants.

These teachers and officials have been charged to cheat AICTE in the matter of granting recognition to a Jaipur based Engineering Institute on the basis of false document. A similar kind of case has been registered against a teacher of Delhi University, a teacher of NIT (Kurukshetra), Regional Officer, AICTE, Chandigarh and some other teachers and officers.
CBI has registered cases against them after conducting searches at Jaipur, Kurukshetra, Jallandhar, Chandigarh and Delhi. According to CBI huge cash, assets in form of immovable property and FDRs have been found in the raids.

After the recent raids of CBI at the AICTE’s offices the Chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education, Prof. R.A. Yadav has been axed by the HRD Ministery.

Yadav, who is under investigation for a criminal offence, has been placed under suspension today so that there is no possibility of investigation being influenced by his continuation in office, the official source of the Ministry said.